I have a buddy with a home built in 2005 or so. He has Arc Fault breakers on certain circuits. He has one whole room with the lights and the outlets not powered for some reason. I suspect one of two things:
1. Short somewhere is not allowing the circuit to complete. Most likely an outlet, but I pulled the covers from all of them that we know are on the same zone last night, and none looked loose, or burnt. (None are backstabbed either.)
2. Other option I was thinking of, was the breaker itself, but when I am on the LOAD side of the breaker at the panel, it is testing fine.
Anyone have any other ideas for things we should check? I need to figure out where the initial plug in the circuit is, so that I can see if it is getting power. I will check that soon. Then I will trace my way down the line.
Maybe a GFCI in the circuit that I am not aware of? Never heard of a GFCI being put upstream from a light switch, but I know some idiots do wonderful things when building homes these days.
1. Short somewhere is not allowing the circuit to complete. Most likely an outlet, but I pulled the covers from all of them that we know are on the same zone last night, and none looked loose, or burnt. (None are backstabbed either.)
2. Other option I was thinking of, was the breaker itself, but when I am on the LOAD side of the breaker at the panel, it is testing fine.
Anyone have any other ideas for things we should check? I need to figure out where the initial plug in the circuit is, so that I can see if it is getting power. I will check that soon. Then I will trace my way down the line.
Maybe a GFCI in the circuit that I am not aware of? Never heard of a GFCI being put upstream from a light switch, but I know some idiots do wonderful things when building homes these days.
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